A look at our learning...
Fundations- we are really diving into our learning about short vowels and long vowels. We are learning that vowels can have more than one sound. The short vowel sound is the sound we have known all year long for a, e, i, o, u. The long vowel "says its name." We are also learning about the "silent e" at the end of words. We are learning "the silent e tells the first vowel to say its name." This is a poster we have been working on.
Shared Reading-this week our big book DID NOT center around our word wall words like usual, but rather on non-fiction books. The book we read and discussed was called Baby Animals by Joy Cowley (one of my favorite children's authors) This will tie in nicely to our new unit of writing we began this week (more info below). From now until spring break we will focus on non-fiction during Shared Reading and Writing Workshop time. We will still practice our word wall words at Daily 5 time and occasionally use books at Shared Reading that incorporate them, but not daily like usual. This makes it extra important to practice their new words at home nightly.
Next week's new word wall words:
was
my
Daily 5-end of trimester assessments are finished and we are back to daily reading groups. Our groups changed a bit based on the progress the students have made in their reading skills! Ask your child who is in their new reading group! Daily 5 centers are also a time we focus on learning/practicing our new word wall words. Several of the center activities focus on practicing their words in fun ways. These are the papers you see come home in their Friday Folders.
Math-we began a unit on addition. At this point in time we do not focus on actual math facts, but instead on understanding what addition is. It is important that the children understand that addition is combining 2 groups of things to make something bigger. When you add, your outcome is always bigger than you began with. We have practiced this by doing verbal story problems and playing a game called Double Compare. Ask your child to tell you more about this!
Writing-all students, K-5, focus on 3 types of writing throughout the year. We just finished our narrative unit of writing. We have worked on this since the beginning of the school year.
Narrative writing is stories about our lives. We are now beginning our second unit of writing: nonfiction/informational. We will be learning about different topics that interest us and writing informational books on these topics. Our goal is to include 3 facts about the topic in our writing. We will work on this up until spring break. We are currently learning about penguins and will be writing informational books on penguins. Ask your child what they have learned this week about penguins.
Kindergarten Service Learning
Check your child's Friday Folder for more information about each grade levels service learning project. Kindergarten is helping Monarch Butterflies. Mr. Nopp came to speak to us on Thursday to help us learn more about helping Monarch Butterflies.
Healthy Plates Nutrition Class
On Thursday, Mrs. Dana from CPS Nutrition Services game to teach us about the 5 food groups and how to make a healthy snack. We made yummy yogurt parfaits!
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